قارت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From French quart.

Noun

قارت • (kart)

1. quarter

Etymology 2

Ultimately onomatopoeic

Interjection

قارت • (kart)

1. imitates scratching taking place when a hard object is bitten

Etymology 3

Ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *kạrï (“old person”), whence earlier قاری (karı, “old person”). Cognate with Kazakh қарт (qart, “old man”), Kyrgyz карт (kart, “old, old man”), Azerbaijani qart, etc.

Adjective

قارت • (kart)

1. tough, hard
2. old, stale

Derived terms

• قارتلاشمق (kartlaşmak)

Descendants

• Turkish: kart